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Squatting Solidarity Assembly statement on some recent events in Melbourne

ON RECENT EVENTS Over the past few years squatters in Melbourne have struggled to build an active, dynamic, and supportive community. For us squatting is an act of liberation where we create spaces where rulers cannot define our lives and … Continue reading

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Left-wing and anarchist terrorism in the EU (2010)

EUROPOL has released its annual survey of terrorism in the EU: TE-SAT 2011: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2011. Analysis of ‘Left-wing and anarchist terrorism in the EU’ is extracted below. See also Europol: Arab spring poses terrorist threat … Continue reading

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Best Cuts, 2.0.11

TUC march: The militants behind the violence A ragtag army of anarchists, jazz dancers, squatters, pastry chefs, student militants, nuclear technicians, environmental activists, trolley conductors and radical academics planned the spin-off protests that led to violence during Saturday’s march against … Continue reading

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Frank Cassar : Australia’s Best Landlord?

Landlords are Good, and voluntary real estate industry standards, rigorous government scrutiny, and a large and well-organised public and social housing sector ensure that the accommodation they provide is reasonably priced and of excellent quality. This is why renters–a group … Continue reading

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In Melbourne This Week (June 14–18)

Ark Tribe Ark Tribe is a construction worker from South Australia. On Tuesday, June 15, he goes to court in Adelaide. Ark is charged with not attending a secret interrogation session conducted by the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) … Continue reading

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Dole bludgers, tax payers and the new right: constructing discourses of welfare in 1970s Australia (Verity Archer)

See also : Brixton Riots, 10-12th April 1981, An eye witness account by the ‘We Want to Riot, Not To Work Collective’, 1982 | The Dole Army : “If it wasn’t real, it would almost be comical.” (January 3, 2010). … Continue reading

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Hot Chile

Sheesh. Stumbledupon the above while examining the reaction to Belgian bonehead Dieter Samoy‘s recent suicide (following his being sentenced to two years jail for assaulting a man guilty of walking around in black skin). On my viewing, there would appear … Continue reading

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Which Anarchism? Which Autonomism? Between Anarchism and Autonomist Marxism (Heather Gautney)

See also : Anarchism & Marxism Part 666, May 11, 2009. Which Anarchism? Which Autonomism? Between Anarchism and Autonomist Marxism Heather Gautney WorkingUSA Vol.12, No.3, September 2009 Anarchists and autonomist Marxists played a vital role in the development of the … Continue reading

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…something better change…

…but nothing ever does… A In Australia, Tyler Cassidy, the Northcote teenager shot dead by police on December 11, 2008, was remembered at a vigil last Friday night. In Greece, the first anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos’ murder was commemorated in … Continue reading

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for freedam is nat noh idealagy freedam is a human necessity it cycan depen pan now wan somebody is up to each an evry wan a wi Ruling in Abahlali case lays solid foundation to build on Marie Huchzermeyer BusinessDay … Continue reading

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